Desserts

I love sweets. I don’t care what form they are in. I don’t have just a sweet tooth – I have a sweet, um, I don’t know. Sweet mouth? Sweets-wanting body? Sweet-loving disposition? Sweet state of mind? No, too pretentious. Let’s…Read more

OK, so maybe this recipe is new. Like really new. Pinterest new. But the idea is straight out of the 50’s. Trust me. How can this be? Well…..(enter fog machine and harp music)……. It was around The Dude’s birthday a few…Read more

I’ll admit it. I am a cobbler junkie. I cannot keep from eating hot fruit topped with biscuity goodness. It’s a sickness, I’m just sure of it. And so as the weather turned insultingly cold, I turned up the oven….Read more

Not sleet, snow, rain, locusts, plagues, a sick me, nor sick children could stop The Man’s birthday from happening. Believe me, I tried to stop it. It just wouldn’t listen. You can’t stop the hands of time, it would seem….Read more

Simple cookies. And unlike your hostess, they have no pretense. Straightforward, but not insignificant, non-statement-making cookies. White with chocolate frosting. Slightly rich, easy to make and neutral in taste. One of the most wonderful features of the vintage cookbook is…Read more